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It's not what socialists want out of socialism, I'd agree with that. But what else do you call a system of economics centered on government wealth transfers. It
by anm89 5y ago
It's not what socialists want out of socialism, I'd agree with that. But what else do you call a system of economics centered on government wealth transfers. It certainly isn't capitalism. It certainly closer to how socialism is usually defined.
I guess it would be better to say that this specific practice is "socialistic". I'm not making some binary claim that we are a "socialist country" as opposed to a "capitalist country"
- ModernMech 5y ago> But what else do you call a system of economics centered on government wealth transfers. It certainly isn't capitalism. It certainly closer to how socialism is usually defined. The way I defined socialism is how socialism is usually defined. Per Wikipedia "Socialism is a political, social, and economic philosophy encompassing a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production". The way you are defining socialism as "government giving money to some group" seems to stem from a misunderstanding about exactly what socialism is. But the government collecting money from citizens and giving it to one group or another is just what all governments do. This flow of money isn't happening because of socialism.